U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...

The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense. The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 ...

The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry conditions, scorching over 30,000 acres.

U.S. Northern Command has activated two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) Aircraft, one from the 152nd Airlift Wing in Reno and the other from the 146th Airlift Wing out of the Channel ...

CHEYENNE – A C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing was activated to support firefighting operations across the western United States this past weekend.

The U.S. Northern Command has activated two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) aircraft to assist in combating wildfires in the Western United States. One aircraft is from the 152nd Airlift ...

PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other federal and state fire response agencies will be conducting airborne firefighting training in the area from ...

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